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Here is a closer look at what could happen to Menendez's seat now. Expulsion The Constitution gives Congress the power to punish its members and requires a two-thirds majority to expel a lawmaker.
If Menendez declines to resign, the panel could make a recommendation that the Senate expel him. It takes two-thirds of the Senate, or 67 votes, to expel a member.
More than half of Senate Democrats have now called on the indicted senator to resign. Beyond that, right now they're just hoping he doesn't run again. Dems’ bad dream: Menendez taunts party with ...
Disgraced New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez will resign from his seat, effective August 20, following his 16-felony count conviction.. On Tuesday, Menendez, 70, entered his resignation letter into ...
A defiant Sen. Bob Menendez declared Monday he would not resign and was prepared for his “biggest fight yet,” delivering his first public remarks after the U.S. attorney’s office in ...
The governor and other New Jersey Democrats, including members of Congress, are calling for the Democratic senator's resignation after he was indicted.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, however, has consistently declined to call on Menendez to resign, though he has said the senator’s conduct fell “way, way below” the standard of the office.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez submitted his resignation on Tuesday in the aftermath of his conviction on corruption charges including bribery and acting as an agent for Egypt's ...